Sudan on Wednesday accused neighbouring Ethiopia of involvement in a series of drone attacks on civilian infrastructure, including power stations and fuel facilities, saying technical data and satellite imagery linked the launches to Ethiopian territory.
At a news conference in Khartoum attended by officials from the defence, foreign affairs and information ministries and the General Intelligence Service, the government displayed fragments of drones it said had been intercepted by the army and presented what it described as flight-path data identifying launch sites inside Ethiopia, including Bahir Dar Airport.
Radio Tamazuj could not independently verify the evidence or establish the origin of the drones. The Ethiopian government could not immediately be reached for comment.
The latest attacks hit a power station in El Manaqil, in Gezira state, on Wednesday, causing a blackout in the town and surrounding areas.
The army-aligned government also reported strikes on fuel storage facilities and a pipeline linked to Bashayer Port in Red Sea state.
On Tuesday, a drone strike knocked out the Markhiyat power station northwest of Omdurman, disrupting electricity supplies across parts of the greater Khartoum area. Sudanese officials said the country’s electricity infrastructure had been attacked seven times within a week.
The government said other strikes had targeted civilian sites in Khartoum, Gezira, White Nile, Sennar, Blue Nile, Red Sea and Gedaref states, including hospitals, mosques and residential neighbourhoods.
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Muawiya Osman Khalid urged the international community not to overlook what he described as Ethiopian-Emirati aggression against Sudan.
Khalid said Sudan reserves the right to defend its territory, accusing Ethiopia and the UAE of enabling attacks on Sudanese soil.
Undersecretary of Information Graham Abdel Qader said the attacks threaten essential services and agricultural production and could hinder the return of people displaced by the conflict. He accused those responsible for the strikes of deliberately targeting civilians.
Sudan has been at war since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, devastating infrastructure and displacing millions of people.
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